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STAEMENT OF FAITH
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There is one God, who exists eternally in three distinct persons; the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. He is unchageable in His holiness, justice, wisdom and love. He is the Almighty Creator, Saviour, and Judge who sustains and governs all things according to His sovereign will.
He is fully God and fully Man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, and lived a sinless life in obedience to the Father. He taught with authority and all His words are true. On the cross He died in the place of sinners, bearing punishment for their sin and redeeming them by His blood. He rose from the dead and, in His resurrection body, ascended into heaven where He is exalted Lord of all. He now intercedes for His people in the very presence of God.
The Holy Spirit has been sent from heaven to glorify Christ and to apply Christ's work of salvation. He convicts sinners, imparts spiritual life, and gradually gives a true understanding of the Scriptures. He indwells all true believers, not just a particular section of them, bringing an eventual assurance of salvation and increasing likeness to Christ. He builds up the Church and empowers its members for worship, service and mission.
God reveals Himself to us through the Bible - which consists of Old and New Testaments, and nothing further. Every word was inspired by God even though transmitted through purely human authors. The Bible, as originally given,is in its entirety the Word of God and is fully reliable in fact and doctrine. The Bible speaks with authority which is final and is sufficient in matters of belief and practise.
All men and women, being created in the image of God, have inherent and equal dignity. Their greatest purpose is to approach God in faith, coming to worship and adore Him. As the result of the original Fall of our first parents, every aspect of human nature and behaviour has become marred and corrupted. Every man and woman is without genuine spiritual life and stands condemned under God's law, until they become joined to Christ.
Salvation is entirely a matter of God's grace and cannot be merited nor earned by us! It has been accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ and is offered through the Christian Gospel. God, in His love, forgives sinners whom He calls, granting them repentance and faith. All who believe in Jesus Christ are justified by faith alone. Good works result from this work of God; but they are the result - not the cause - of God's grace. Believers are adopted into the family of God (the kingdom of God) even in this present life. They enter the presence of God at death, and - at the time of the resurrection - fully inherit Eternal Life.
The Church should be seen as the invisible, or spiritual, Church of all time. Even now in heaven God sees His Church as One Body. This Body is made visible, mainly, through local congregations where the Word of God is preached and converts are added. The Church also upholds the Two Signs (or, sacraments.) The duty of the Church is to feed the flock and to take the Gospel to the world. True fellowship can only exist between various congregations where all are faithful to the Gospel.
These are Baptism and Communion, which Jesus stated should be performed by His people. We should not add to these because of the ever-present danger of legalism entering the Body. Communion, or The Lord's Supper, commemorates Christ's sacrifice but it is not a regular re-sacrifice since this one sacrifice is sufficient for all time. Baptism is an important and meaningful symbol of entry into the Church. But all the blessings of these signs are only received by faith and are meaningless for any not truly in the Body.
The Lord Jesus Christ will return in full glory to this earth. He will raise the dead, and the Great Judgement will commence. The New Heavens and New Earth will follow in which the saved will enjoy Eternal Life. Those who reject Jesus Christ will be condemned to Hell
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